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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

FERDINAND G. UHLIOH, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

CASE FOR PHYSICIANS PRESCRIPTION-PAPERS, 80C.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 338,807I dated March 30, 1886.

Application filed January 18, 1886. Serial No. 189,026.

To all whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, FERDINAND G. UHLIoH, of the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Cases for Physicians Prescription Papers, 85e., of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification. and in which- Figure l is a perspective view of the case when open. Fig. 2 is a detail longitudinal section at 2 2 Fig. l, but showing the lid closed and the marking-finger in its pocket.

This is a covered ease, suitable in depth and width to receive physicians prescriptionpapers unfolded, and having a marking-finger movable to any part of the case, by which the place from which any prescription-paper is taken may be marked to enable its ready return to the same place.

The case may be made of any suitable material-such as mill-board, wood, or metal-and may be plain orornamented in any manner. I have made the case of mill-board, covered upon the outside with cloth and lined with paper.

A is the body of the case, and B a lid hinged thereto in any suitable manner. rThe lid may, if preferred, be made to fit on the box or body in the manner of t-he lid of an ordinary pasteboard box.

C is a rod extending from end to end of the box, to give bearing to the marker D. The marker is bent in an eye at d, and through this eye the rod C passes, the construction being such that the marker can be moved from end to end ofthe rod, and may be swung up or down at the free end upon the rod and eye as a hinge.

E is' a transverse partition near one end of the box, forming a pocket, F, in which the marker may rest when not in use.

In Fig. l the marker is shown as indicating a space, G', between the prescriptionpapers G, from which a paper has been withdrawn for use, and to which it has to be returned.

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His a handle or loop by which the lid is opened.

The case, though being primarily intended for the reception of physicians prescriptionpapers, may be used for bills, receipts, and other similar purposes.

The ordinary manner of putting prescription-papers away is to stick them on a filewire.l This has a number of disadvantages, among which may be mentioned that in looking up any paper the others have to be slipped along the wire backward and forward, which wears them away at the perforation, and is liable to tear them at that point, and such manipulation is liable to render the writing indistinct or unreadable. To remove a paper, all that are above it must be removed from the ile, which of course necessitates the Work of refiling. Then the writing on the papers is subjected more or less to the fading action of the light, and the papers themselves t dust, les, &c. l

NVith the filing-ease the papers are free, kept straight and clean, and any one may be taken out without removal of any other.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination, with thebox, of a marker and a support therefor, said marker being movable upon said support, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of the box, the snpporting-rod, and the marker engaging said rod and movable in a circular direction with the rod for its axis, and also in the direction of the length of said rod, as set forth.

3. The combination, with the looX, the marker, and a support upon which said marker slides, of a separate compartment or pocket for the reception of said marker when not in use, as set forth.

FERDINAND G. UHLICH.

IVitnesses:

SAME. KNIGHT, BENJN. A. KNIGHT. 

